Corset-fastening



J. H. AUERBACH.

CORSET FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. 1918.

1 ,35 1 ,728. Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

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JULIA I-I. AUERBACH, or LOS Antennas, CALI ORNI coasnr-rnsrnmne.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented sept. v, 1920.

Application filed may 27 1918. fs r all No. 236.6664

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIAH. Aunmsnoli, a citizen of the United'States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles' and 7 State of California, have invented a new and useful Corset-Fastening, of which the fol lowing is a specification. r

This invention relates to a garment fastener-and particularly pertains to a lacing for corsets and the like. I Itis the object of this invention to provide a means for lacing corsets or other garments whereby the use of narrow lacings and numerous eyelets may be dispensed with and'broad ribbons with few engaging members employed in lieu thereof.

Another object is to provide a devi ce' whereby alacing ribbon may be connected to the contiguous edges of a garment to be laced together at opposite points with overlappingstrands of the ribbon substantially in alinement with each other with the terminals of the ribbon extending in opposite directions and adapted on being pulled inopposite directions to draw the edges of the garment toward each other. A'further object is to provide a device of the above character which is adapted to be applied to the ordinary corsets fitted with spaced eyelet-s so that broad ribbon lacings may be used instead of the ordinary lacing. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view in perspective of the ribbon receiving member showing it detached and as adapted to be applied to a corset.

Fig. 2 is a rear view in perspective of same.

Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section illustrating the manner of applving the ribbon receiving member to a corset and attaching it through the eyelets.

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective showing a the manner of lacing the ribbon there through.

' the edge thereof.

: Fig. 8 is. a detail section as seen on the line 8. 8 of Fig. 7 showing the manner of securing the ribbon engaging ,member to the garment. U

Fig.9 a modified form of the device shown in Fig. 7. e In carrying outimy invention in the form shown in Figsl, 2, 3 and 4,1 provide a plate which may be formed of metal or other suitable material having a pair of elongated slotslO and 11 forminga series of three parallel bars 12, 13 and 14: connected together at their ends .by portionsi15 and 16. ;The intermediate bar 13 is preferably offset and spaced'a short distance forwardof thefront faces of the sidebars 12 .and 14;. The portions 15 and 16 are extended and bent rearwardly upon themselves to form inturned flanges 17 and 18 forming hooks adapted to extend over the edge of a garment which flanges are connected together by a-bar 19 arranged'to be disposed on the inner side of the garment while the bars 12, 13 and 14 extend on the outer side thereof.

As a means for detachably connecting the member just described to an ordinary corset through the eyelets thereof and adapted to engage eyelets of the corset irrespective of different spacing of the eyelets, a series of fasteners 20 are provided and slidably carried on the bar 19. The fasteners are here shown as comprising spring members formed .witbloops 21 slidably engaging with the bar 19 which members extend rearwardly of the bars 12, 13 and 14: and are bent at their outer ends so as to pass through eye: lets 22. Hook shaped terminals 23 are formed on the fastenersto engage the. side; bar 14 on being passed through an eyelet as shown in Fig. 3. Any suitable means of i engagement with the eyelets may be provided as desired. The fasteners being slidable on the bar 19 permit their being spaced variations in spacing of the eyelets 22.

in various distances apart according to f While I have shown a pair of fasteners as I carried by the'rear bar 19 it is obvious that a larger number may be used according'to the length of the ribbon receiving member and as occasion may require.

A pair of these ribbon engaging members a and b are secured to the contiguousedges of the garment at opposite points in the position shown in Fig. tand a ribbon 24=-is rovethrough the pairof fasteners as follows: A portion of the ribbon is passed over the bar 14 of member a theme; downwardly through slot 11 beneath bars 13 and 12' an'd between bars 12 and 19and a portion (Z thencep'asses to 'member bbetween bars 12 and 19 and is brought upwardly through slot 10 and returned in portion 6 upon itself over bar 12. Portion e is then passed under bar 12-on member a and up through slot 10 and returned upon itself over bar 12 in portion 7. This portion is carried to member b and passed beneath the intermediate bar 13 through slots 10 and 11 and over bar v14; the end portion '9 and the end portion 0 thus "extend at opposite directions and are adapted to be carried around the portion of the body on which the garment is-worn to be affixed in any desired manner. In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 5 the intermediate bar is dispensed with and a single slot provided through which the ribbon is passed as shown. I I

WVhere, it is desired toapply the fastener to the garment in the course of its manufacture the construction shown in Figs. 7 8 and 9 may be resorted to in which event the fasteners are dispensed with and the bar 19 is stitched in the hem of the garment in anysuitable manner. Any other fastening meansmay be employedas occas1on may require.

While I have described the invention as particularly adapted for use on corsets it is manifest that it may be employed in any instance where it is desired to use a lacing scope of the invention as set forth in theappended claims.

I claim: y

1. In a garment lacing, a plurality of bars connected at their ends forming ribbon receiving slots, inturned flanges carried by said'bars, a bar carried by said flanges and eyelet engaging slidable fasteners on said last named bar.

2. In a garment lacing. a series of three bars connected at their ends forming ribbon receiving slots on opposite sides of. the intermediate bar, a pair of inturned flanges carriedby one ofthe sidebars adjacent its ends, a bar connecting the outer ends of said flanges, a series of eyelet engaging fasteners slidable on said last named bars and hooked ends on said fasteners adapted to engage said intermediate bar. I

JULIA H. AUERBACH. 

